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ArticleAnnals of neurosciences2020

Cost of Management of Diabetes Mellitus: A Pan India Study.

Raghuram Nagarathna, M Madhava, Suchitra S Patil, Amit Singh, K Perumal, Ganga Ningombam, And Hongasandra R Nagendra

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Article in Annals of neurosciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Raghuram NagarathnaVivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (VYASA), Kempegowda Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
M MadhavaVivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (VYASA), Kempegowda Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Suchitra S PatilDivision of Yoga and Life Sciences, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (SVYASA), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Amit SinghDivision of Yoga and Life Sciences, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (SVYASA), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
K PerumalVivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (VYASA), Kempegowda Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Ganga NingombamVivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (VYASA), Kempegowda Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
And Hongasandra R NagendraDivision of Yoga and Life Sciences, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (SVYASA), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

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Abstract

backgroundDiabetes mellitus is a major noncommunicable disease. While mortality rates are increasing, the costs of managing the disease are also increasing. The all-India average monthly expenditure per person (pppm) is reported to be ₹ 1,098.25, which translates to an annual expenditure of ₹13,179 per person. PURPOSE: While a number of studies have gone into the aspect of the cost of disease management, we do not find any study which has pan-India reach. We also do not find studies that focus on differences (if any) between rural and urban areas, age or on the basis of gender. We planned to report the cost of illness (COI) in diabetes individuals as compared to others from the data of a pan-India trial.

methodsGovernment of India commissioned the Indian Yoga Association to study the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in India in 2017. As part of the questionnaire, the cost of treatment was also captured. Data collected from 25 states and union territories were analyzed using the analysis of covriance (ANCOVA) test on SPSS version 21.

resultsThere was a significant difference (

conclusionThis preliminary report has shown that the COI because of diabetes is significantly higher than others pointing to an urgent need to promote disease-preventive measures.

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PMCPMC8455003

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